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Viitikko runs into the play
Ed Mailliard
Veera Viitikko (photo credit: Ed Mailliard)
1
Clarion CLAR (0-3, 0-3 PSAC)
2
Winner Mercyhurst MER-W (1-2, 1-2 PSAC)
Clarion CLAR
(0-3, 0-3 PSAC)
1
Final
2
Mercyhurst MER-W
(1-2, 1-2 PSAC)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Clarion CLAR 0 1 1
Mercyhurst MER-W 1 1 2

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | | Haleigh Giebel, Athletic Communications Graduate Assistant

Viitikko Strikes Twice As Women's Soccer Wins Home Opener Over Clarion

ERIE, Pa. – Veera Viitikko scored two goals to send the Mercyhurst women's soccer team to a 2-1 victory over PSAC opponent Clarion on Wednesday at the Mercyhurst Soccer Field.

Viitikko scored her goals in the first and 59th minutes. Maya Bauer assisted the second goal. Winning goalie Vilde Wold stopped two shots for the Lakers (1-2, 1-2).

Thirty-nine seconds into the first period, Viitikko gave MU the lead for good. She tallied her second score off a corner kick from Bauer.

Clarion (0-3, 0-3) scored its lone goal in the 83rd minute courtesy of Charlotte Allen. Veronika Noyszewski had an assist.

Golden Eagle goalie Brigid Stermel had seven saves.

Mercyhurst will play next when it travels to Wheeling Jesuit for a 5 p.m. non-conference matchup on Wednesday, Sept. 12.
 
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